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This Week in the Voice

September 16, 2009

19-year-old Caleb Lacey wanted to be a fireman. He volunteered for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department in Long Island. He seemed to enjoy the work. Now he stands accused of arson and second-degree murder. Elizabeth Dwoskin has the story.

You knew before it dropped there’d be backlash on Backspacer, the new album from Pearl Jam (now available at Target!). Michael Hoinski offers a defense.

The Informant!, starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh, promises to be a fun take on the corporate scandal film genre. Robert Wilonsky says it “feels overamped from start to shrugging finish.”

Shandong is a Chinese province that “points like a nuclear missile into the Yellow Sea,” and the food from there that’s served by Flushing’s Golden Palace has blown Robert Sietsema‘s mind.